Mask Network Acquires Mastodon Instance Pawoo.net

The Social Coop Limited (Social Coop), the entity affiliated with Mask Network has acquired Pawoo.net, the second largest instance of Mastodon. The new team will be taking over the operation and maintenance of Pawoo.net starting from December 21st, 2022, with no impact on existing users.

Mastodon is an open-source-based and decentralized social network. Despite its functions like Twitter, Mastodon allows individual users to set up their own social networks and determine how it operates and what their users can share.

Pawoo, operated from Japan since 2017, has drawn around 800k users from all over the world including illustrators, anime fans, novelists, and music enthusiasts since its inception.